First the Pattern then the Glory

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and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the Lord has commanded us to do.”

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Exodus 36:6 ESV

So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, “Let no man or woman do anything more for the contribution for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing,

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The Progenitor of the Pattern

Progenitor

1 an ancestor or parent.

2 the originator of an artistic, political, or intellectual movement.

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Exodus 26:30 NLT

“Set up this Tabernacle according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.

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Acts 7:44 ESV

“Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen.

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Exodus 25:8 ESV

And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.

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Exodus 25:9 ESV

Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

The Prompting of the Heart

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Exodus 25:1 ESV

The Lord said to Moses,

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Exodus 25:2 ESV

“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.

The Pattern was Clear

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Exodus 25:3 ESV

And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,

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Exodus 36:4 ESV

so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing,

Exodus 25:4 ESV

blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats’ hair,

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Proverbs 28:18 ESV

Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.

Proverbs 29:18 ESV

Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.

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Habakkuk 2:2 ESV

And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.

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Habakkuk 2:3 ESV

For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.

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The Provision for the Pattern

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Exodus 3:21 NLT

And I will cause the Egyptians to look favorably on you. They will give you gifts when you go so you will not leave empty-handed.

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Exodus 3:22 NLT

Every Israelite woman will ask for articles of silver and gold and fine clothing from her Egyptian neighbors and from the foreign women in their houses. You will dress your sons and daughters with these, stripping the Egyptians of their wealth.”

Exodus 3:22 ESV

but each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.”

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Exodus 16:4 ESV

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.

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Exodus 25:1 ESV

The Lord said to Moses,

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Exodus 25:2 ESV

“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.

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Exodus 26:30 NLT

“Set up this Tabernacle according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.

Exodus 25:3 ESV

And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,

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Exodus 25:4 ESV

blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats’ hair,

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Acts 7:44 ESV

“Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen.

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Exodus 36:5 NLT

They went to Moses and reported, “The people have given more than enough materials to complete the job the Lord has commanded us to do!”

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Exodus 36:6 NLT

So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, don’t prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings.

Exodus 31:1 ESV

The Lord said to Moses,

Exodus 31:2 ESV

“See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

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Exodus 31:3 ESV

and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,

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Exodus 31:4 ESV

to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,

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Exodus 31:5 ESV

in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft.

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Exodus 31:6 ESV

And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

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Exodus 35:4 ESV

Moses said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “This is the thing that the Lord has commanded.

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Exodus 35:5 ESV

Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord’s contribution: gold, silver, and bronze;

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Exodus 35:21 ESV

And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit moved him, and brought the Lord’s contribution to be used for the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.

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Exodus 35:29 ESV

All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the Lord had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the Lord.

Exodus 36:29 ESV

And they were separate beneath but joined at the top, at the first ring. He made two of them this way for the two corners.

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Exodus 36:3 ESV

And they received from Moses all the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning,

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The Power of the Pattern

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Exodus 40:34 ESV

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

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Exodus 40:35 ESV

And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

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2 Chronicles 7:1 ESV

As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

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2 Chronicles 7:2 ESV

And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord’s house.